Blanket-holder for automobiles and the like.



J. T.DELANEY. BLANKET HOLDER FOR AUTOMOBILES AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED MAB..23, 1912.

1,056,155. Patented Mar.18,1913.

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"WORCESTER,

MASSACHUSETTS.

BLANKET-HOLDER FOR AUTDMUBILES AND THE LIKE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 18, 1913.

l Application filed March 23, 1912. Serial No. 685,861.

lVorcester, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Blanket-Holder for Automobiles and the Like, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a holding device for blankets, robes, coats, and the like.

it is capable of general use, ularly adapted for automobiles.

The principal objects of the invention are to provide a suitable device this character of such a construction that it will efllcientlv hold blankets, robes, coats, and the like to prevent their stolen and will operate without the use of keys or other locking devices which can be lost.

The invention involves the use of an ordinary bar for supporting the blanket, and means arranged in connection therewith for locking the blanket, or the like to the bar.

it also involves other features of construction as will appear hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a device constructed in accordance with this invention; Fig. 2 is a similar view with the parts in a diiierent position; Fi 3 is a sectional view on the line of Fig. 2; and Fig. vi is a sectional view on the line 4 i of Fig. 2 on enlarged scale.

The invention is shown as applied to a vertical surface as for example, the surface of. the back of an automobile seat, and as comprising a pair of end brackets having an integral horizontal bar 11 extending from one to the other. This bar is designed for supporting the coats, blanketsp r the like which are to be secured in position. Each of these brackets is provided with an integral projection 12 below the end of the bar 11. These projections are provided with vertical perforations and above them are perforations of a similar character in the ends or" the bar. Through these perforations extend the legs 13 of a U-shaped clamping member 1. Each of these legs is provided with a series or" circumferential grooves 15 and with a longitudinal groove 16 extending throughout the space occupied by the circumferential grooves. Between the projections l9. and the bar 11 are arranged a pluralit of locking disks 18 each of which but particis provided with an interior socket 19 for receiving a shot or bearing ball 20. This ball projects from this socket into a longitudinal groove in the member'l3 and is capable also of passing into the grooves 15. The disks are polygonal and have characters on their several sides. The end of each of the legs 13 is provided with screw threads and a nut 21 is shown for engaging them and limiting the upward motion of the locking member 14.

in use the parts are in the position indicated in Fig. 2. The blankets, coats, or any other articles to behold are laid on the bar 11 and the disks at both ends are turned until a certain combination is efi'ected by which all the balls are brought into aliuement and into registration with the grooves V 16. W hen the partsare in this position the bar lis forced down on the articles until they are under suflicient pressure to permit of the disks being turned to bring the balls out into the grooves 15 and out of registration with the grooves. 16. lt'will be seen then that the arrangement llOldS tllC looking member, H in this position until thedisks are turned to the same combination again. This combination, of course, is indicated by the numbers, letters. or other characters on thescveral faces of the disks. It will be understood that-the nuts all are used onl to limit the upward motion of the member ll to prevent its being pulled out culirclv. With this arrangement it will be seen that articles particularly compressible articles likeco'ats, blankets, and the like can be held securely in position and located there by'a person who knows the combination, yet no keys or other devices are required, which might be lost or misplaced.

Although I have illustrated and described a single embodiment of the invention, I am aware that it is capable of being carried out.

in many other forms without departing loo from the scope of the invention as expressed in the claims. Therefore I do not wish to be limited to all the details of construction herein shown and dcscribed,'but

What I do claim is:

1. In a holding device, the combination of a pair of brackets adapted to be fixed on a plane surface, a bar connecting said brackets and provided with perforations near its ends, said brackets having perforationsin alinement with the perforations in the ends of the bar, a pair of connected removable @Kld'iilg through the oerfomtions m" perforations at each end of the bar and so GWil eoih and lovking devices for soioi rods adapted to engage said legs when they pass between The bar and she perforation in each though the perforations, each disk being bracket, -,pi;ovid ed with member for entering the u] In n device of the character described, grooves in the logs and with characters on he ooinhimth'm. of 51 i -zed oar having a its faces to indicate the combination. 35

i'mnion ethzough, a locking member a 1 :[n a (levies of the character described,

; notion 'pl'ojootihg ihiough said i the combination of a fixed bar having a per- 5 and provided with a, series of forstion theretiuwmgh. a locking member ones and a iOD J'IL LdiDil having :1 portion projecting through said 5 being send-circular in 'pel'fomtion, and provided with a series of 40 LAKE :1 pin 'zility of polygoiial circnmfereni'ia i grooves and a longitudinal grinned portion each having a gi'oov and. :1 plurality of polygonal disks l soixhot therein, and each proon said grooved portion each having 2. hemiiJllU. adapted to engage in the spherieni socketv therein, and each provided i moved womb and means with :1 bail adopted to in the grooves 5 (king disks in a stationary of said grooved member, the faces of said i i'o owl movable looking her. disks he PKOVidGd with chsrnci'ei's to inof ihc chi'ueter dose iheoi, Liifiiiu *ombinni'ioi the ends of said 20 hoi'A-onwi hm' h *3." iueiiihei-s being screw-tmended, and :1 not on eeieh svi'ew threw to pi'mehii withd awail 5O ihereof.

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i'iony whereof I have hereunto set Lions 11' 1 'n the presence of two subscribing ALBERT E. 1* A1, JAMES F. 'EFURNER.

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